Synonyms for courtship
Definitions
- n. 1
The act of paying court, that is, demonstrating such politeness and respect as is traditionally given at a court (“a formal assembly of a sovereign's retinue”). The act of wooing a person to enter into a romantic relationship or marriage; hence, the period during which a couple fall in love before their marriage.
Related words
- Word family
- court courting courtliness courtly
Forms
- Plural
- courtships → wooings, courtings, suits, attentions…
Example sentences
- courting The Algerian government is courting Russia.
- wooing He tried wooing her with love poems.
By length
- 4 letters
- suit1
- 6 letters
- wooing2
- 8 letters
- courting2
- 9 letters
- attention3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (wooing2 = 2 syllables).